Giarnni Regini-Moran

Giarnni Regini-Moran
 Gymnast 
Full name Giarnni Regini-Moran
Country represented  Great Britain
Born (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998
Great Yarmouth
Hometown Gravesend
Residence Kent, England
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics

Giarnni Regini-Moran (born 2 August 1998) is a British artistic gymnast. He is the 2014 Youth Olympic All-around Champion and the 2014 European Junior floor champion.

Biography

Regini-Moran began competitive gymnastics in 2004. He is studying at St John's Catholic School and his favorite sportsman is David Beckham.

Career

Junior

In 2013, Regini-Moran's international breakthrough began at the competition in Brasilia, Brazil for the 2013 Gymnasiade, he won gold in floor exercise, bronze in parallel bars and with Team Britain winning the silver medal. In 2014, Regini-Moran won the British Junior all-around title under 16 years.[1] He was a member of the British Team (together with teammates Brinn Bevan, Joe Fraser, Gaius Thompson and Nile Wilson) that won the gold medal at the 2014 European Junior Championships, he qualified for the floor finals, winning the gold medal.

Regini-Moran was selected to represent Great Britain in men's gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He won the all-around gold medal ahead of Russia's Nikita Nagornyy and the USA's Alec Yoder.[2] He qualified for four event finals and won two gold medals (vault, floor) and two bronze (parallel bars, high bar).[3]

References

  1. "Wilson and Regini-Moran take men’s junior British titles". British Gymnatics. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. Hope, Nick (19 August 2014). "Youth Olympics: Gymnastics gold for Giarnni Regini-Moran". BBC Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. "Regini-Moran and Nagornyy shine again as gymnastics programme ends with a flourish". Olympic.org. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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